diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/clock.c b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/clock.c
index 9e8fbd57495cca332d4e5b4adc92f87fc45ec309..323ff8ccc877161042a72bbf309c955878160966 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/clock.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/clock.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ static void __clk_disable(struct clk *clk)
 	__clk_disable(clk->parent);
 	__clk_disable(clk->secondary);
 
+	WARN_ON(!clk->usecount);
 	if (!(--clk->usecount) && clk->disable)
 		clk->disable(clk);
 }